Chapter 752

Selene nodded, her eyes thoughtful.

“She is.”

“What happened to her if you don’t mind me asking?”

“Honestly, we aren’t sure,” Selene said as she started towards the corridor. I followed after her. “It happened shortly after Lila’s birth. She used to be so vocal… her voice was the most soothing thing I had ever heard. But then she just stopped…”

“And you never figured out why?” I didn’t mean for my tone to sound accusatory, and I wished I could swallow it back down. Selene didn’t seem to take any offence over it, though.

She just shook her head, a sad expression on her face.

“We tried all we could… eventually, it learned to live with the new normal,” she explained. “Come on… let me show you around further so we can give the men some time to talk further.”

I glanced over my shoulder at the closed dining hall door. Biting my lip, I nodded and followed Selene

further away.

Gavin’s POV

others, but it didn’t feel any lighter. If anything, the silence pressed harder now that I was alone with Zachary Backwell. The man hadn’t moved from his seat at the head of the table, posture straight, hands folded neatly before

I suppose it was.

at last, his voice calm, almost conversational. “He


I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt before I make my judgments. He always said that would be one downfall one day, and it made me wonder at this

good thing you didn’t

slight chuckle from

time, but I

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and all without the help of

didn’t like speaking of my father with a man who turned his back on

voice

back in his

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the details of how my daughter received it, but I’m not going ot complain now that it’s back in our family. I know it wasn’t your fault as to how it ended up in your family. You were a teenager when it happened. The feud that formed between our families died with your father, and now that the gem has returned, I’m ready to put the

but his words were


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